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Blood money: world banks invest in cluster bombs
Published: 17 November, 2009, 09:38
Edited: 17 November, 2009, 20:32
Over 90 countries have pledged to ban cluster bombs, which claim thousands of lives even years after a conflict. Activists say change is unlikely, as long as major world banks continue to invest in weapons development.
One can blame the USA for not signing a document or even keeping on producing those "cluster-bombs" but if you investigate correctly, you will see how many supposed to be respectable countries, financial institutions and well known notorieties are making a lot of money in that insane business. I suggest than when a person get killed or mutilated, the producer and the original country from where the armament was produced to be published. One example of how cynical and deceitfull a country and its leaders can be: Misters Mitterrand and Badinter,in France, abolished the death penalty under the pretext of humans life's respect. At the same time, they condamned to death, children, women and young soldiers who had not done any arm to anyone in France, but had the bad luck to be in the trajectory of our marvellous french armaments sold under the direction of those politicians who got financially well rewarded. Their excuse is simple: everybody else does it ! Now, you can appreciate how sick is mankind and how great will be the job for rééducating those money' slaves and creepy decisions-makers. Sorry Future Generations.. Sincerely. Jean-Claude Meslin
War is horrible no matter how it is carried out or the method of killing. You cannot kill someone nicely. Killing is a grusome thing and the dead should be called dead, not casualties. Casualty is a "POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM". If you happened to be the dead or maimed victim it would not be a casual thing to you, but to the POLITICIANS who never have to go in harm's WAY it is just "CASUAL".. The conventions of war should be revised to require any nation that goes to war to put their leaders in their army and require them to serve in combat on the front lines. This would put an end to countries going to war under false pretenses or for politically correct reasons. The POLITICIANS who start the wars almost never participate in the combat action on the battlefield. Even the worst dictators of history were personally little cowards who never put their deeds where their mouth was. They all talk a good war but never put themselves or their children in the middle of the bloody mess. PRESIDENTS, CONGRESSMEN AND HIGH OFFICE APPOINTEES SHOULD NOT BE COWARDS.
US of A didnt even sign up. Words of peace, deeds of war crimes.